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balenaEtcher installation problems

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Gary L. Roach

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Nov 9, 2023, 3:20:06 PM11/9/23
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Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.1.0-13-amd64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × AMD FX(tm)-4350 Quad-Core Processor
Memory: 31.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD CAICOS
Manufacturer: MSI
Product Name: MS-7974
System Version: 1.0

I have been trying to install balenaEtcher for 2 days but can't get rid of the following errors :

ERROR:ozone_platform_x11.cc(247)] Missing X server or $DISPLAY
[10145:1109/120137.666202:ERROR:env.cc(226)] The platform failed to initialize.  Exiting

I have tried everything I could find with google searches to no avail. My $DISPLAY variable is blank which may be the source of the problem.But what should it contain?

I know that the information I am giving is a bit sketchy but is the best I can do at this point. There are lots of fixes listed on the internet but none of them work. I am using the .deb file down loaded from the balena web page and installing it with dpkg -i .

Any help will be sincerely appreciated.

Gary R.

Jeffrey Walton

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Nov 9, 2023, 9:30:07 PM11/9/23
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Try `export DISPLAY=":0.0"`.

Jeff

Gary L. Roach

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Nov 10, 2023, 4:50:06 PM11/10/23
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I just solved the problem. I was missing 4 dependencies. One must use
the .deb file not the appimage file and run dpkg -I <deb file name> and
install the missing items.

I hope this helps others

Thanks

Gary R
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